Bob Geldof Quotes
You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well.
Geldof, Bob. Is That It?. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986.
Earlich won one term and then was trounced soundly in his attempt for a 2nd term. The dirty tricks like planting a false story that the Democratic opponent was having an adulterous affair did not work as well in a bid for the second term as the voters were not happy with Earlich’s performance at all.
In this dirty technique some people who knew the candidate at one point in his/her life “organize” and “independent” organization with funding from a partisan individual or organization. They then create attack TV and web ads against the candidate that include serious untruths as well as misleading accuracies. When the candidate is asked about the lies and exaggerations, he/she refuses to comment and only says that he/she cannot be held responsible for anything that anyone says against his/her opponent or anyone else. The candidate adopts a policy of not commenting on any political ads other than the ones he/she is responsible. This produces viscious false attacks on an opponent with the candidate completely shielded from responsibility.
Politicians being interviewed and asked about their interest in higher positions are always reluctant to say that they are. Too much political ambition is unseemly with voters. However, if the politician claims little or no interest, if he chooses to run later, is accused of lying or being deceptive. So he/she tends to be ver evasive and find a way of claiming no present interest—saying ‘no’ but leaving loopholes for a later flip flop and change of mind.
If a government can classify embarrassing information, then it does not have to lie which is why over-classification is so prevalent. But then the officials have to lie in the classification process by claiming national security is involved as opposed to their own or their party’s security from embarrassment. Most officials prefer to tell the truth and not deceive the public. However, a large proportion have their moral instincts compromised by confusing the national interest with the politicians’ interest
Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof KBE, is an Irish singer-songwriter and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s, who achieved popularity at the time of the punk rock movement. The band had UK number one hits with his compositions "Rat Trap" and "I Don't Like Mondays". Geldof starred as "Pink" in Pink Floyd's 1982 film Pink Floyd – The Wall. As a fundraiser, Geldof organised the charity supergroup Band Aid and the concerts Live Aid and Live 8, and co-wrote "Do They Know It's Christmas?", one of the best-selling singles of all time.
